I'm sure there are lots of these floating about on the net. However, I felt
that these are good enough to pass to the list (although some of them I
don't understand and can't relate to) ...

>>>FACTS TO AMAZE YOUR FRIENDS
>>>
>>>
>>> 1. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." Uses
>>>    every letter in the alphabet.
>>>
>>> 2. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
>>>
>>> 3. A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
>>>
>>> 4. In the 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to mobile
>>>    services (two-way radios in taxicabs, for instance) but did not
>>>    re-number the other channel assignments. That is why your TV set has
>>>    channels 2 and up, but no channel 1.
>>>
>>> 5. The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
>>>
>>> 6. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a
>>>    letter is "uncopyrightable".
>>>
>>> 7. Hang On Sloopy is the official rock song of Ohio.
>>>
>>> 8. Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ?
>>>
>>> 9. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of
>>>    yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled
>>>    on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight
>>>    staircases.
>>>
>>>10. The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie."(Thus the
>>>    name of the Don McLean song.)
>>>
>>>11. When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They
>>>    actually pass out from sheer terror.
>>>
>>>12. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year
>>>    because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the
>>>    weight of all the books that would occupy the uilding.
>>>
>>>13. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from
>>>    history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts
>>>    Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
>>>
>>>14. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
>>>
>>>15. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs
>>>    in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front
>>>    leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in
>>>    battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person
>>>    died of natural causes.
>>>
>>>16. Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people
>>>    without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the
>>>    expression "to get fired."
>>>
>>>17. Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th,
>>>    John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August
>>>    2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
>>>
>>>18. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
>>>
>>>19. The term "the whole 9 yards" came from WWII fighter pilots in the
>>>    Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber
>>>    machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded
>>>    into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target,
>>>    it got "the whole 9 yards."
>>>
>>>20. Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them
>>>    looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
>>>
>>>21. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which
>>>    stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than
>>>    your thumb.
>>>
>>>22. An ostrich's eye is bigger that it's brain.
>>>
>>>23. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.
>>>
>>>24. The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every
>>>    five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as
>>>    airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
>>>
>>>25. David Prowse was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars.  He
>>>    spoke all of Vader's lines, and didn't know that he was going to be
>>>    dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the
>>>    movie.
>>>
>>>26. The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the
>>>    "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.
>>>
>>>27. The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as
>>>    is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia
>>>    still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for
>>>    blacks and whites.
>>>
>>>28. The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each
>>>    gallon of diesel that it burns.
>>>
>>>29. Cat's urine glows under a blacklight.
>>>
>>>30. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in
>>>    Colorado.
>>>
>>>31. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
>>>
>>>32. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have
>>>    $1.19.  You also have the largest amount of money in coins without
>>>    being able to make change for a dollar.
>>>
>>>33. No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever
>>>    won a Superbowl.
>>>
>>>34. The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It To
>>>    Beaver".
>>>
>>>35. The only two days of the year in which there are no professional
>>>    sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day
>>>    after the Major League All-Star Game.
>>>
>>>36. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
>>>
>>>37. The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."
>>>
>>>38. In Cleveland, Ohio, it's illegal to catch mice without a hunting
>>>    license.
>>>
>>>39. It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a
>>>    year's supply of footballs.
>>>
>>>40. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating
>>>    are already married.
>>>
>>>41. There are an average of 178 sesame seeds on a McDonald's Big Mac
>>>    bun.
>>>
>>>42. The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.
>>>
>>>43. Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars.
>>>
>>>44. The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and
>>>    Budweiser, in that order.
>>>
>>>45. When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25
>>>    miles per year.
>>>
>>>46. It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
>>>
>>>47. The Bible has been translated into Klingon.
>>>
>>>48. Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of
>>>    their hands.
>>>
>>>49. Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale
>>>    of vodka.
>>>
>>>50. Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived
>>>    immigrants.
>>>
>>>51. On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
>>>
>>>52. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's
>>>    nuclear weapons combined.
>>>
>>>53. Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California.
>>>
>>>54. Average age of top GM executives in 1994: 49.8 years.  Average age
>>>    of the Rolling Stones: 50.6.
>>>
>>>55. Elephants can't jump. Every other mammal can.
>>>
>>>56. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
>>>
>>>57. Five Jell-O flavors that flopped: celery, coffee, cola, apple, and
>>>    chocolate.
>>>
>>>58. According to one study, 24% of lawns have some sort of lawn ornament
>>>    in their yard.
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